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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau lament in Chapter 3?
(a) The loss of his influence.
(b) The loss of his sister.
(c) The loss of freedom of his countrymen.
(d) The loss of his rights.

2. What does Rousseau encourage the youth to look forward to?
(a) Political power.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Mild pleasures.

3. What does Rousseau say arts and sciences have aided the suppression of?
(a) Evil.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Monarchy.

4. What do differing forms of government result from according to Rousseau?
(a) Different amount of wealth.
(b) Different level of inequality.
(c) Different tyrants.
(d) Different languages.

5. How can what Rousseau say fell apart survive under?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Religion.
(c) His guidance.
(d) Law and government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau want his rulers to consider?

2. What does Rousseau say is hidden in society?

3. What does Rousseau say might result only in ignorance?

4. What does Rousseau say of the increasing knowledge in relation to the original state of man?

5. What does not preserve liberty according to Rousseau?

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